Russian crypto billionaire Vyacheslav Taran, 53, died after the helicopter he was traveling in crashed near Monaco after taking off from Switzerland.
The helicopter mysteriously crashed in good weather and after another passenger reportedly canceled last minute.
Taran is third crypto entrepreneur to die unexpectedly in recent weeks.
Businessman Tiantian Kullander, 30, died ‘in his sleep.’
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Nikolai Mushegian, 29, was found dead in San Juan, Puerto Rico days after tweeting that he feared the CIA and Mossad were going to murder him.
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The stablecoin innovator tweeted from his personal account: “CIA and Mossad and pedo elite are running some kind of sex trafficking entrapment blackmail ring out of Puerto Rico and caribbean islands. They are going to frame me with a laptop planted by my ex gf who was a spy. They will torture me to death.”
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Daily Mail reported:
Since the crash that killed Taran happened in good, clear weather - and after another passenger reportedly cancelled last minute - mystery now surrounds the billionaire's death.
Taran, the co-founder of trading and investment platform Libertex and Forex Club, was flying from Lausanne with an experience pilot in a single-engined H130 helicopter when it crashed at around 1pm on November 25.
A 35-year-old French pilot was also killed.
The deputy public prosecutor of Nice, who visited the scene, said the fault of a third party could not be ruled out.
Another unidentified passenger had been due to join Taran on the flight, but they cancelled last minute, according to local media.
Taran, a highly successful offshore specialist who has lived in Monaco for the past ten years, has three children with wife Olga, founder of Hello Monaco media.
Ukrainian news agency UNIAN claimed, without citing any evidence, that Taran was a 'billionaire crypto businessman with likely ties to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service'.
It alleged he was linked to the SVR foreign espionage agency and was responsible for 'laundering Russian funds through a system of cryptocurrency operations'.
The mysterious death of the crypto billionaire also follows the sudden death of Belarusian foreign minister Vladimir Makei.
Crypto Billionaire Vyacheslav Taran
Dies In a Mysterious Helicopter Crash After Another Passenger Cancels Last Minute💔🚁
he had 2 children & a wife🕊️RIP🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/hEM3bwby3D— Raphousetv (RHTV) (@raphousetv2) November 29, 2022
No such thing as coincidence… things are happening.
Russian billionaire Vyacheslav Taran killed in helicopter crash https://t.co/w2by5xJflt
— Del Crxpto (@DelCrxpto) November 29, 2022
The New York Post added:
In his passing, Taran also joins a long line of Russian billionaires who have died under mysterious circumstances this year.
Taran’s company, Forex Club — a reference to the foreign exchange global market on which currencies are traded — was stripped of its license in Russia in 2018 for allegedly ripping off investors, according to a report by Life, a pro-Kremlin Russian media outlet.
The site claimed Taran “has many dissatisfied clients and enemies in Russia, who could well get him abroad.”
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